You see a child wearing a harness in a store. Do you frown upon this parental choice or can you understand parents who put them on children?
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(Those aren't my kids for once.. I just googled to show the cool backpacks I was talking about)
Also I find them only acceptable in younger kids, toddlers. Once a kid is beyond 5 or so you should be able to reason with them why they should stay close to you and they should have the restrain to listen otherwise it should be a disciplinary issue. Past 5 using a leash would show laziness on the parents part and may even psychologically affect the child.
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However, I am sympathetic to the practice. Little kids are wont to run off when you turn your head for just a second. With all the high profile child abduction cases lately, parents have got to be scared stiff. A harness addresses both of these issues. Of course, a kidnapper could just cut the harness. He is more likely to choose an easier target though, I think.
I understand the resentment some people express. It does look like these people are treating their child like an animal. I certainly do not think a child older than 8 or so should be in a harness or have a leash attached to them. For very little kids though I think it is actually a smart precaution.
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To prevent such wanderings, I make it clear prior to us going anywhere that my 5 year old is to stay right next to me with his hand on the stroller/cart or to ride in the wagon. If this rule is not adhered to, we leave immediately.
However, if there ever WERE a time to use a leash on a child, I would think it would be for those single moms who have 3 children all under the age of 5...or another similar situation. I would still recommend against it, but I could see its use in this situation better than 3 adults with one child wearing a leash. When I see 2 parents with one child, walking her on a leash, in my opinion it makes them look lazy.
I also think that the use of a child harness, or leash, gives parents a false sense of security. Too many of them think that the child is safe because of the harness; I don't know about any of y'all, but I have a 2 year old that can wriggle out of any buckle she's been in (including her car seat). Not only could that harness leash be easily cut, a child can take it off!
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Of course, as an adult now, I am constantly reminded by old family friends that their first few memories of me when I was young was that my parents had me on a leash. It's fairly embarrassing to say the least.
In that sense, no, I would not use them on my own child. I can certainly sympathize with those parents who have used them because they do not want their kids running around and getting lost (I've certainly done it) but hopefully my kids would be educated and responsible enough to not lose me in the store. On older kids, this probably isn't necessary - they can find their way around and they're smart enough to go to the cash register to wait for their parents / tell a cashier that they've lost their parents.
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I do wish they would have had the more modern "leashes" that they have come out with. I think they are so cute!
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Cute!